Snooty Wrasse Cheilinus oxycephalus

The Snooty Wrasse, also called Red Maori Wrasse, is native to reefs of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. They grow to some 17-20cm long.

Variable, the body is generally brownish, pinkish or reddish with spots and thin lines. They are generally timid rather than snooty, and solitary. Diet is small crustaceans and other invertebrates from the sand bed.